Winners Announced in Westport Arts Center’s Annual High School Student Art Exhibition

The Westport Arts Center is excited to announce the high school student artists selected for the Tracy Sugarman Award and the People’s Choice Award in its fourth annual High School Student Art Exhibition, currently on view through June 2, 2018.

Staples High School senior Lilianna Giaume of Westport, CT was chosen as the recipient of the Tracy Sugarman Award for her oil painting, The Caw of Mutiny, an interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem The Raven. The Tracy Sugarman Award was given to the Juror’s Choice for best submission among Westport students.

Staples High School sophomore Maise Prince of Westport, CT won the People’s Choice award for her charcoal on paper work, Fro, featuring a student in her art class. The public was invited to vote for their favorite work between March 23 and April 19.

A third award, the Sontag Advisory “Best In Show” Award, will be announced in a separate ceremony.

Elizabeth Gorayeb served as the juror for the high school exhibition and selected the Tracy Sugarman Award and Sontag Advisory “Best In Show” winners.

Gorayeb is the Executive Director of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc., a non-profit art historical research foundation based in New York. For nearly two decades, Gorayeb has specialized in art historical research on the provenance and attribution of works of art. She is also the curator for the Handmade: Women Reshaping Contemporary Art exhibition, also on view at the Arts Center through June 2.

Of the High School Student Art Exhibition, Gorayeb stated, “Over all, the works submitted for consideration evidence a sensitivity and patience that is not always attributed to this fast-paced generation. The fact that these students chose to represent the world around them, in some cases with painstaking detail and careful observation, speaks to the craving that we all have during the digital age to connect.”

The high school Call For Entries was open to students throughout Fairfield County. Westport residents and/or students that attend a Westport High School were eligible for the Tracy Sugarman Award.

Selected high school artists include:

Noah Anderson, Stratford

Sina Baykal-Rollins, Westport

Arianna Berman, Weston

William Besgen III, New Canaan

Isabella Christian, Shelton

Shannon Cobaugh, Derby

Charlotte Cohen, Westport

Noelia De Jesus, Norwalk

Aidan Delgass, Westport

Sophie Dinitz, Westport

Hesper Du, Fairfield

Tiffany Ferreira, Bridgeport

Lily Fine, Stamford

Lilianna Giaume, Westport (Tracy Sugarman Award)

Savannah Gonzalez, Redding

Diana Hoffman, Westport

Mary Joyce, New Canaan

Saige Kanik, Westport

Roman Khystan, Stamford

Sarah Klein, Old Greenwich

Emerson Kobak, Westport

Alexa Kripke, Weston

Serena Ladouceur, Stamford

Sophie Lewis, Fairfield

Kathryn Martinez, Stratford

Catherine Massa, Redding

Madeline McHale, Westport

Quinn McMahon, Westport

Whitney O’Reardon, Westport

Alexa Policano, Weston

Olivia Porretta, Westport

Maise Prince, Westport (People’s Choice Award)

Ben Roland, Westport

Destini Smith, Stamford

Paige Stein, New Canaan

Vicki Stuart, Fairfield

David Tran, Stratford

For more information on the exhibitions, or other student events and classes, please contact the Westport Arts Center at 203.222-7070 or visit westportartscenter.org.

About the Westport Arts Center

The Westport Arts Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting community through the arts, reaches more than 11,000 people annually through outstanding programs in visual arts, arts education, and the performance arts of Chamber music and jazz.